PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nanni Campion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oo Scorpions (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oo Scorpions will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Campion
vs
Scorpions

168 cm
25
147 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nanni Campion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oo Scorpions!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campion lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Scorpions swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Campion fails to land with a series of punches.
Campion will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Campion's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Campion duly obliges.
Scorpions slips a jab and a cross from Campion.
Scorpions tries to clinch but Campion moves out of range.
Campion misses with the combination.
Campion lands with a nice combination. Scorpions backs away looking to recover.
Scorpions is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Campion misses with the combination.
Campion misses with a few strikes there.
Scorpions shoots in but no luck this time.
Campion stalks Scorpions and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Scorpions's face. Scorpions staggers backwards, shaken.
Scorpions goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A combination from Campion does no damage.
Scorpions has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Campion scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Scorpions looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Campion fails to land with a series of punches.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Scorpions.
Scorpions shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Campion sprawls well. Campion wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Scorpions gets slowly back to his feet.
Nanni Campion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oo Scorpions.
Campion throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campion closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Campion tries to bum rush Scorpions with a series of wild strikes but Scorpions uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Campion will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Campion throws a nice looking combination but Scorpions bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Scorpions rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Campion moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scorpions looks gassed!
Campion lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Scorpions tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Campion keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Campion throws a series of punches but Scorpions avoids them all with ease.
Campion tries to bum rush Scorpions with a series of wild strikes but Scorpions uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Campion closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Campion swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Scorpions counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Scorpions has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Campion looks to land a combination. Scorpions sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Campion lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Campion throws a right and a left that Scorpions avoids nicely.
Campion misses with the combination.
Campion stalks Scorpions and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Scorpions's face. Scorpions staggers backwards, shaken.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Campion's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Campion duly obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Campion lands a two punch combo.
Campion looks to land a combination. Scorpions sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Campion is working the combinations to good effect here.
Campion fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Scorpions is trying desperately to land a takedown but Campion is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Scorpions.
Campion lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Left hook, right uppercut from Campion.
Campion throws a series of strikes that have Scorpions backpedaling.
Scorpions fails with the takedown.
A combination from Campion does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Campion.
Campion throws a right and a left that both miss.
Campion throws a series of punches but Scorpions avoids them all with ease.
Campion misses with a two punch combination.
Scorpions looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Campion misses with a double jab.
Campion throws a combination. Scorpions tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Campion misses with a series of wild punches.
Campion misses with the combination.
Campion tries to bum rush Scorpions with a series of wild strikes but Scorpions uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campion misses with a few strikes there.
Scorpions throws a right and a left that both miss.
Campion swinging wildly here.
Campion avoids the head kick by Scorpions.
Campion looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A nice combination there by Campion.
Campion misses with a wild combination.
Campion's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Campion duly obliges.
Campion throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Scorpions counters with a one-two to the body.
Campion throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Campion misses with a series of wild punches.
Campion swinging wildly here.
Campion throws a series of punches but Scorpions avoids them all with ease.
Scorpions dodges the punch combination from Campion.
Campion rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scorpions moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Campion throws a one two combo.
Scorpions throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Campion goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Campion lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Campion lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Campion misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Scorpions misses.
Campion throws a right and a left that both miss.
Campion throws a right and a left that Scorpions avoids nicely.
Campion rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scorpions moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Campion does no damage.
Campion avoids a punch combination nicely.
Campion throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Campion misses with a double jab
and Campion takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Campion fails to land with a series of punches.
Campion lands with a nice combination. Scorpions backs away looking to recover.
Campion throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nanni Campion dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Campion swinging wildly here.
Scorpions throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Campion misses with a few strikes there.
Nanni Campion is winning the standup battle so far.
Campion throws a right and a left that both miss.
Campion throws a left and a right that both miss
and Scorpions counters with a big head kick but Campion shrugs it off.
Campion throws a right and a left that both miss.
Scorpions misses with a double jab.
Scorpions fails with a takedown attempt.
Campion stalks Scorpions and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Scorpions's face. Scorpions staggers backwards, shaken.
Campion looks to land a combination but Scorpions avoids it well.
A left and a right from Campion both land. Nice combination.
Campion throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Campion lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Scorpions backs up against the cage.
Campion falls off balance throwing a combination
and Scorpions counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Campion is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Campion lands a two punch combo.
Campion throws a right and a left that Scorpions avoids nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Campion scores with a four punch combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campion looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Campion throws a right hand that Scorpions ducks under and follows up with a left that Scorpions also avoids with ease.
Campion looks to land a combination but Scorpions avoids it well.
Campion misses with a double jab.
Nanni Campion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Campion throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Scorpions.
Nanni Campion is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Danga de danga de dang - Campion scores with a four punch combination!
Scorpions has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Scorpions dives in and grabs Campion's left leg, looking for a takedown. Campion pushes down on Scorpions's head and hops out.
A right-left combo lands from Campion.
Campion lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Campion.
Scorpions scores with a head kick.
Campion goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A head kick from Scorpions lands but Campion takes it in his stride.
Scorpions throws a nice looking combination but Campion bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Campion goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Campion swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Scorpions counters with a big head kick but Campion shrugs it off.
Campion looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Campion throws a right and a left that both miss.
Scorpions lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpions showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Campion.
Scorpions tries to close the distance and clinch but Campion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Campion scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Campion throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Scorpions counters with a one-two to the body.
Scorpions misses with a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Campion.
Campion lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Scorpions backs up against the cage.
Campion throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Scorpions counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Campion is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Scorpions looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Scorpions slips a jab and a cross from Campion.
Campion lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Scorpions circles away quickly and effectively.
Scorpions dodges the punch combination from Campion.
Campion throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Scorpions connects with a single shot there.
Scorpions fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nanni Campion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oo Scorpions.
Scorpions tries a head kick but it misses.
Campion lands with a nice combination. Scorpions backs away looking to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campion misses with the combination.
Scorpions fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Campion does no damage.
Campion throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Scorpions shoots in looking for a takedown. Campion tries to sprawl out of it but Scorpions keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Campion manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Campion misses with a combination
and Scorpions counters with a head kick.
Campion throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Scorpions.
The fighters circling - Scorpions throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Campion throws a combination that misses
and Scorpions counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Campion scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Campion throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Scorpions.
Scorpions lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Campion throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Campion misses with the combination.
Nanni Campion is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Campion will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Campion throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Scorpions lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Campion circles away quickly and effectively.
Campion throws a one two combo.
Campion's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Campion duly obliges.
Campion throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Scorpions.
Scorpions throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Campion.
Scorpions lands a jab to the nose.
A right-left combo lands from Campion.
Campion looks to land a combination but Scorpions avoids it well.
Scorpions tries to clinch up.
Campion falls off balance throwing a combination
and Scorpions counters with a head kick. That will keep Campion thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Scorpions throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Campion works over Scorpions's head and body with a nice combination.
Scorpions tries to clinch there but Campion circles away.
Campion lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Scorpions backs up against the cage.
Scorpions wants to clinch.
Campion misses with a double jab

and Scorpions holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Campion looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nanni Campion dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Scorpions doesn't manage to clinch there - Campion circles away.
Campion scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Scorpions changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Campion tries to avoid it but Scorpions manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Campion to the ground. Campion escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Campion throws a series of punches but Scorpions avoids them all with ease.
Campion misses with a few strikes there.
Campion throws a left and a right that both miss
and Scorpions counters with a head kick.
Campion swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Campion lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Campion scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Campion throws a series of punches but Scorpions avoids them all with ease.
Campion throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Scorpions moves in looking to clinch but Campion pushes him off.
Campion moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Campion stalks Scorpions and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Scorpions's face. Scorpions staggers backwards, shaken.
Campion throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Campion.
Campion avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Campion throws a nice looking combination but Scorpions bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Scorpions throws a head kick but Campion moves out of range.
Scorpions throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campion falls off balance throwing a combination
and Scorpions counters with a big head kick but Campion shrugs it off.
Scorpions tries to clinch up but Campion circles away and keeps his distance.
Campion misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Campion walks into a jab.
Campion misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Campion swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Scorpions counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Campion is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Scorpions throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Campion.
Campion swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Campion misses with a few strikes there.
Scorpions tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Campion paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scorpions looks to land a combination but Campion avoids it well.
Campion misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Scorpions shoots in but no luck this time.
Scorpions throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Campion.
Scorpions lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Campion circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Campion.
Campion throws a nice looking combination but Scorpions bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Scorpions doesn't manage to clinch there - Campion circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Scorpions rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Campion moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Campion does no damage.
Campion moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Campion throws a left and a right that both miss
and Scorpions counters with a three punch combo that has Campion backing up. Campion nods at Scorpions to acknowledge the strikes.
Campion falls off balance throwing a combination
and Campion takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Scorpions lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Campion swinging wildly here.
Campion throws a combination that misses
and Scorpions counters with a nice uppercut.
Campion throws a series of punches but Scorpions moves out of range.
Scorpions lands with a slapping head kick.
Campion scores with a three punch combo!
Campion avoids the head kick by Scorpions.
Scorpions throws a head kick that misses.
Campion misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Campion stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Campion wants it to stay on the feet.
Nanni Campion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oo Scorpions.
Scorpions dodges the punch combination from Campion.
Campion dodges the punch combination from Scorpions.
Campion misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scorpions lands with a kick to the temple. Campion shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Campion throws a series of strikes that have Scorpions backpedaling.
Scorpions tries to score a power double leg takedown but Campion sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Scorpions somewhat.
Campion throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Campion.
Campion misses with a jab, cross combination.
Scorpions is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scorpions looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Campion moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Scorpions dodges the punch combination from Campion.
No luck for Scorpions with that takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Campion will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Campion misses with a double jab
and Scorpions counters with a big head kick but Campion shrugs it off.
Scorpions tries to close the distance and clinch but Campion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Campion lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Scorpions circles away quickly and effectively.
Campion lands a jab-cross combination.
Scorpions goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A head kick misses from Scorpions.
Campion scores with a three punch combo!
Scorpions lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Oo Scorpions has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scorpions throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Campion.
Scorpions misses with a wild combination.
Campion swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Scorpions slips a jab and a cross from Campion.
A combination from Scorpions does no damage.
Campion lands with a nice combination. Scorpions backs away looking to recover.
Campion looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Campion fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nanni Campion showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Campion, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nanni Campion!